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Indiana University student Lauren Spierer’s disappearance has some questioning whether taxpayers should pay for surveillance cameras in downtown Bloomington. Prominent attorney Ken Nunn has asked the city on two occasions to install cameras to keep students and residents safe, but the city turned down the idea. Nunn said putting surveillance cameras on downtown intersections would have helped in the Spierer investigation. Bloomington Police Chief Mike Diekhoff said he'd rather use the money to put more officers on the street. On Wednesday, police released surveillance pictures of a white Chevy truck cameras spotted in the area where the 20-year-old was last seen June 3.

An 11-month-old Indianapolis boy was unharmed Wednesday when the car he was riding in was stolen at gunpoint. The child’s mother, who was not identified, told police that her boyfriend jumped out of the car at about 10:30 p.m. to break up a fight near Pleasant Run Parkway and Sherman Drive. That's when one of the men in the altercation ran to their car and took it, she said. Police found the car with the baby inside about 10 minutes later.

An unidentified woman was in critical condition after being struck by a car at 10th Street and Tibbs Avenue at about 5 a.m. Thursday. Police said the woman may have been walking to catch a bus to work. Witnesses said she was struck by a small silver or gray car, which should have heavy front-end damage. The vehicle fled the scene. The victim was taken to Wishard Hospital.

Former funeral director Marvin L. Boatright was found guilty of forgery Tuesday, but a jury failed to come to an agreement on 13 other felony charges, including corrupt business influence and theft. Boatright, who operated a funeral home at 21st and Illinois streets, was arrested last year on charges he falsified death certificates, stole funeral trust money and continued to do business after the state suspended his license. Sentencing is set for next month. The state revoked his license in 2008, after he continued working following an earlier suspension. That suspension came after Boatright had a body cremated against the family's wishes.

A 10-year-old Tipton girl was found safe late Tuesday night after police say she was taken by an unknown man while riding her bike. But now police are investigating her great-grandmother's apparently unrelated disappearance. Serena "Renie" Weicht was found unharmed around 11 p.m. Tuesday at the Wendy's restaurant on U.S. 31 in Westfield. She told police a man grabbed her and forced her into his car around 6:30 p.m. She said he drove her around before dropping her off at the restaurant. Noblesville police, meanwhile, are looking into the disappearance of 74-year-old Dorothy Heard, who has been missing since Monday night.